Door construction for poultry coops



April 13 ,1926. 1,580,775

S. S. BARKER DOOR CONSTRUCTION FOR POULTRY COOPS Original Filed Jan. 12, 1925 1!! 22m? I 6272 J. fiarer gg/ (64 2/ WWW/{g5 Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

more STATES SETH S. BARKER, OF OTTUMWA, IOWA.

PATENT DOOR CONSTRUCTION FOR POULTRY COOPS.

Original application filed January 12, 1925, Serial No. 1,888. Divided and this application filed December 9, 1925.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SETH S. BARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottumwa, in the county of \Vapello and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Door Construction for Poultry Coops, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a door construction for poultry coops or the like, wherein the door may be slid inwardly within the coop proper, the parts being of simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive construction.

More particularly, it is my object to provide a door construction for poultry coops of the metal or wiretype, wherein the door may be slid upwardly upon a pair of spaced wires, which serve as guides for the upward movement of the door, and to provide centrally disposed guides for the upper end of the door to slide upon when the door is being moved to open position.

Still a further object is to provide hook portions in the guide upon which the door slides, for receiving a portion of the door when it is in raised position for holding the same against accidental closing.

This application is a divisional one of my co-pending application, filed January 12, 1925, Serial No. 1,888.

With these and other objects in View, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: I

Figure 1 is a front or plan view of my door construction, looking at it from the inner side.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1, showing the door in closed position; and

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the door in raised or open position.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral to indicate generally a pair of vertical spaced guides or wires, which form a part of the poultry coop or feeder, as the case may be.

Serial No. 74,330.

Fixed to the vertical wire 10 are a pair of cross wires 11, which define the door opening A. The door for the opening A is formed by an upper cross wire 12 and a lower cross wire 13. The lower cross wire 13 has its ends bent so as to form open loops 1 1, which extend around and engage the vertical spaced ends or guides 10.

The upper and lower cross wires 12 and 13 are connected together by a number of wires 15, which are bent to form a substantial U, and then fastened to the wires 12 and 13 by spot welding or the like.

From the construction of the parts just described, it will be seen that the wires 12, 13 and 15 form a complete door section.

The open loops 14 are slidably mounted upon the wires 10.

F astened to the upper wire 11 midway between the two wires 10 is a guide/wire 16 having a V-shaped notch 17 therein near its forward end, that is, adjacent the wire 11, as clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings.

The upper wire 12 of the door, midway between its ends is formed with a coil '18,

which forms a loop 19. The loop 19 receives the guide wire 16 and slides thereon.

The normal position of the door is such that the loop 19 engages the guide wire 16 at the notch 17 The notch 17 tends to hold or cause the door toremain in closed position.

When it is desired to open the door, it is necessary to engage the wire 13 orthe door itself, and raise it slightly upwardly a short distance until the coil 18 clearsthe notch 17 and thereafter further upward movement of the door will cause the upper end thereof to move inwardly and the lower end to move upwardly.

Just below the upper cross wire 11 and within the guides 10, I form a pair of inwardly opening hooks or receiving pockets 20, which are designed to have the open loops 14 of the door received therein when the door itself is in open position.

The hooks or pockets 20 have a small hump 21 formed thereon so as to insure the door remaining in open position when the parts are moved to open position.

The inner end of the guide wire 16 may be fastened to any cross wire 22, which may be either from the top of the poultry coop or a floor in the coop in case it is a coop of more than one section.

The particular type of coop that my door is adapted for is clearly shown in my copending application, filed January 12, 1925, Serial N 0. 1,888, and the door may be used in connection with other poultry coops.

The advantage of this door construction is that the door may be opened inwardly and will thus not interfere with placing poultry into the coop because the operator may simply raise the door and by forcing or pushing the poultry into the coop through the door opening, the door itself will be opened and thereafter the door will drop to its closed position providing the open loops 14 do not engage the receiving pockets 20.

The receiving pockets 20 are effective when it is desired to raise the door and leave it in open position.

Another advantage of my door construction resides in the fact that no part thereof, either when in opened or closed position, projects out beyond the face of the coop itself.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of my invention, without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. A door construction for poultry feeders and the like comprising a frame defining a door opening, a door for said opening, loops formed on the lower end of said door engageable with the vertical portions of said frame, a guide rod horizontally disposed and in connection with the frame, means of connection between the horizontal guide rod and the upper end of the door, whereby movement of the door to open position will cause it to move upwardly and inwardly with the loops sliding upon the vertical portions of said frame and the upper end of said door sliding inwardly upon said horizontal rod.

2. A door construction for poultry feeders and the like comprising a frame defining a door opening, a door for said opening, loops formed on the lower end of said door engageable with the vertical portions of said frame, a guide rod horizontally disposed and in connection with the frame, means of connection between the horizontal guide rod and the upper end of the door, whereby movement of the door to open position will cause it to move upwardly and inwardly with the loops sliding upon the vertical portions of said frame and the upper end of said door sliding inwardly upon said horizontal rod, and receiving pockets formed on the vertical portions of said frame for receiving the lower end of said door when it is in open position for maintaining the door in open position.

3. A door construction for poultry feeders and the like comprising a frame defining a ooor opening, a door for said opening,

.loops formed on the lower end of said door door opening, a door for said opening, loops formed on the lower end of said door engageable with the vertical portions of said frame, a guide rod horizontally disposed and in connection with the frame, said guide rod having a V-shaped notch formed therein for receiving a portion of the door when it is in closed position, means of connection between the horizontal guide rod and the upper end of the door, whereby movement of the door to open position will cause it to move upwardly and inwardly with the loops sliding upon the vertical portions of said frame and the upper end of said door sliding inwardly upon said horizontal rod.

5. A door construction for poultry feedersand the like comprising a frame defining a door opening, a door for said opening, loops formed on the-lower end of said door engageablr-i with the vertical portions of said frame, a guide rod horizontally disposed and in connection with the frame, said guide rod having a V-shaped notch formed therein for receiving a portion of the door when it is in closed position, means of connection between the horizontal guide rod and the upper end of the door, whereby movement of the door to open position will cause it to move upwardly and inwardly with the loops sliding upon the vertical portions of said frame and the upper end 7 of said door sliding inwardly upon said horizontal rod, and receiving pockets formed on the vertical portions of said frame for receiving the lower end of said door when it is in open position for maintaining the door in open position.

6. A door construction for poultry feeders and the like comprising a frame defining a door opening, a door for said opening, said door conuarising a pair of horizontally disposed wires and vertically disposed wires connected together, loops formed on one of said horizontal wires engageable with the frame defining the door opening and slidable thereon, a guide rod horizontally disposed and means of connection between the upper horizontal wire of the door and said guide rods, whereby movement of the door to open position will cause it to move upwardly and inwardly with the loops on the lower horizontal wire of the door sliding upon said frame and the upper horizontal wire of the door sliding inwardly upon said horizontal guide rod.

Des Moines, Iowa, November 10, 1925.

' SETH S. BARKER. 

